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Table 7 Number of full-time (FT) and part-time (PT) farmers and their respective category scores.

From: An on-farm investigation of beef suckler herds using an animal welfare index (AWI)

 

FT

PT

P-values

Number of Farmers

125

69

 

Mean number of animals

160 ± 13.5

80 ± 7.7

P < 0.001

AWI score

65 ± 7.0%

65 ± 7.0%

NS

Locomotion category score

54 ± 12.0%

55 ± 12.0%

NS

Social interactions category score

48 ± 12.0%

52 ± 11.0%

P = 0.001

Environment category score

88 ± 7.0%

87 ± 7.0%

NS

Flooring category score

50 ± 15.0%

48 ± 12.0%

NS

Stockpersonship category score

88 ± 9.0%

86 ± 9.0%

NS

  1. The values are expressed as mean number of animals (± s.d) and mean scores (± s.d.; % of maximum score achievable in each category) of the AWI and each category.
  2. NS = not statistically significant.